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In the egalitarian spirit of the Sixties, it was a working-class boy from north London called Tommy Nutter who rose to become Savile Row's most fashionable tailor. He made the white wedding suits when John married Yoko, and Mick married Bianca. When The Beatles strode across the pedestrian crossing at Abbey Road, all but George were dressed by Nutter. So, an interesting minor character in the history of Swinging London, you might think. But what makes Lance Richardson's biography so much more than a humdrum story of rags to riches - or rather rags to bespoke - is its illuminating and vividly drawn account of the milieu, both social and sartorial, in which Nutter moved, and the intriguing parallel...